Scattered thoughts

Disclaimer: All pictures in this post taken with crappy phone camera. Apologies for the crappiness.

To begin - why on earth is Sainsbury's stocking Hot Cross Buns in December? Before Christmas even?! There are still four months till Easter and it makes my brain hurt to have shop products commemorating His death before we've even celebrated His birth yet.



Today I was in town and (finally) applied for a Cathedral Precincts Pass (we live within four miles of the Bell Harry Tower so we're entitled to one giving us free entry). Other Canterbury-ites who are interested can download the form here. ( You're eligible if... ) It might be worth your while applying if you are eligible :) Free Stuff ++ . Also, Canterbury residents cards don't work for getting in for free at the Cathedral.

While I was in town I also made a visit to Woolworths for the first time since the closing down was announced and it was very sad :( There wasn't a lot left and none of it was really stuff I wanted to buy. I guess the latter is the reason why they're now defunct. They've even started selling off the fixtures and fittings. That really is quite gutting to see. Can't work out why it is, but it is.



Got home to the news that the list of final closures has been published (list here) and Canterbury is going in the first wave - on the 27th December. Can't help feeling how crappy it is for those (soon to be un)employed by Woolworths. Also of interest to me were that Croydon's is going on 30th December and Coulsdon's is closing on 2nd January. More gapes in the high streets :( It's really all rather sad.

More disturbing to me was that Woolworths has the below signs plastered everywhere. It was quiet (and almost cleared out) when I went, but what kind of chaos must have reigned for these to have to be put up? This is why I'm losing what little faith I had in humanity :(

Happy Easter to those who believe. I hope it's been a good one :)

I have spent a very relaxing day pottering about our (newly spring cleaned and rearranged - epic effort lasting 3 days and 12 sacks of stuff to be got rid of [an lj post in itself]) flat, pottering up to a friend's house to feed a bunny, then on to the fields beyond to look at the lambs (fitting for Easter Sunday I feel). Came home and listened to our official downloaded copy of the BNL concert we went to only a week and a bit ago and read Blood, Sweat and Tea lent to me by no1typo while keeping an eye on irc. Now benc is cooking dinner (Cardamom and Honey Chicken with CousCous) and it smells lovely. Not a bad way at all to spend an afternoon :) I feel very relaxed now!

I have few eggs this year as compared to other years (medium Chocolate Orange one from Mum, a small smarties one and a cadbury's chick from Ben and a packet of minieggs from myself - added to later by two boxes of chocolates from Sue [Green and Blacks bitesize - Squeeeeeee {also some luxury chocs from someone I've never heard of, but they're very nice} and not one of the chocolates contains nuts! Yay! She's very clever :D]), but much to my suprise I haven't touched any of this stash of chocolate yet!

Maybe after dinner...